Dr. Manoj E. received his Bachelor and Post Graduate degree in Chemistry from University of Kerala in 2001 and 2003 respectively. He took his Ph.D in Inorganic Chemistry from Cochin University of Science and Technology in 2008 and worked as a UGC Dr DS Kothari Postdoc fellow at the Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during 2009-2010. He started his career as an ad-hoc Lecturer at the Dept of Applied Chemistry, CUSAT during 2007-2008 and in 2010 he became an Assistant Professor at the Dept of Chemistry, Sree Krishna College, Guruvayur-an aided college affiliated to University of Calicut. In 2019 he joined the Dept of Applied Chemistry, CUSAT and he has over 15 years of teaching and research experience.

Metallosupramolecular chemistry, Metal Organic Frameworks, Bioactive transition metal complexes

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Solvothermal Self-Assembly of a Novel Metal-Organic Square Grid Complex Using a Biscarbohydrazone Ligand Building Block: Crystal Structures, Hirshfeld and Void Surface Analyses, Band Gap Calculations and DFT Studies, Polyhedron, Elsevier Vol. 244, 2023

DNA and BSA Binding Studies of New Pd(II) Bisthiocarbohydrazone Complexes: From Anticancer Drug Analogue to Anticovid Candidates, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, Elsevier Vol. 157, 2023

Monomeric and dimeric cadmium(II) complexes of N4-phenyl semicarbazones: Spectral features, thermogravimetric analysis, DFT study and crystal structure of a bromido bridged complex, Polyhedron, Elsevier Vol. 242, 2023

Novel cobalt complexes of pyridine-based NNS donor thiosemicarbazones: Synthesis, X-ray characterization, DFT calculations, Hirshfeld surface analysis, and molecular docking study, Journal of Molecular Structure , Elsevier Vol. 1275, 2023

Bis(thio)carbohydrazone Luminogens with AIEE and ACQ Features and Their In Silico Investigations with SARS-CoV-2, Chemistry Select , Wiley Vol. 7, 2022

A novel manganese(II) bisthiocarbohydrazone complex: Crystal structures, Hirshfeld surface analysis, DFT and molecular docking study with SARS-CoV-2, Journal of Molecular Structure, Elsevier Vol. 1246, 2021

Nickel(II) complexes of N(4)-substituted thiosemicarbazones derived from pyridine-2-carbaldehyde: Crystal structures, spectral aspects and Hirshfeld surface analysis, Journal of Molecular Structure, Elsevier Vol. 1237, 2021

Zinc(II) complexes of N(4)-monosubstituted thiosemicarbazones derived from pyridine-2-carbaldehyde: Structural and spectroscopic studies, Chemical Data Collections , Elsevier Vol. 33, 2021

Molecular trail for the anticancer behavior of a novel copper carbohydrazone complex in BRCA1 mutated breast cancer, Mol Carcinog. , wiley Vol. 56, 2017

Crystal structure of aqua[(E)-N’-(5-bromo-2-oxidobenzyl-idene-?O) benzohydrazidato-?2O,N’]dioxidomolybdenum(VI) dimethylformamide monosolvate, Acta Cryst. E, IUCR Vol. 71, 2015

Synthesis, Spectral Features, Photocatalytic and DFT Studies of Novel Nickel(II) Complexes of Quinoline-2-carbaldehyde-N(4)-Cyclohexylthiosemicarbazone, National Seminar on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (FCS 2023), University of Calicut, Kerala, 2023

In Vitro And In Silico DNA And BSA Binding Studies Of New Bioactive Pd(II) Complexes, National Seminar on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (FCS 2023), University of Calicut, Kerala, 2023

Crystal structures, Spectral aspects, DFT studies and Molecular docking of Copper(II) chelates based on an ONS Donor Thiosemicarbazone ligand, International Conference on Materials for the Millennium (MatCon-2023), 2023

A Novel Double-stranded Homotopic Helical Cobalt (III) Complex as a Highly Selective Fluorescent Sensor for Nanomolar Detection of Explosive Picric Acid, International Conference on Materials for the Millennium (MatCon-2023), 2023

A Novel Coumarin Based Carbohydrazone as Highly Efficient Antibacterial and Antioxidant Agent, International Conference on Materials for the Millennium (MatCon-2023), 2023

Crystal Structure and Surface Area Calculation of a Stable Self-Assembled Ni(II) Metallosupramolecular Square Grid Complex, International Conference on Materials for the Millennium (MatCon-2023), 2023

Synthesis And Spectral Studies of Novel Cobalt Complexes of Quinoline-2-carbaldehyde N(4)-cyclohexylthiosemicarbazone and their in silico Molecular Docking with Duplex DNA, Current Trends in Chemistry, CTriC 2022, 2022

Crystal Structures and Band Gap Calculations of a Novel Self Assembled [2×2] Metallosupramolecular Grid and its Biscarbohydrazone Ligand Building Block, Current Trends in Chemistry, CTriC 2022, 2022

A Turn-on Fluorescent Sensor for the Detection of Zn (II) and Cd (II) Ions based on Thiocarbohydrazide derived Schiff-Base, Current Trends in Chemistry, CTriC 2022, 2022

Novel Cobalt Complexes of Pyridine-Based Heterocyclic Thiosemicarbazone: Synthesis, Characterization and Computational Studies, Current Trends in Chemistry, CTriC 2022, 2022

RESEARCH PROJECTS

"Structural and biological investigations of transition metal complexes of Schiff based ligands bearing heterocyclic systems" (CUSAT /PL(UGC)-Seed Money for New Research Initiatives’ (SMNRI) project- 2021 -2023 , Total outlay Rs.275000)

PATENT

A metal complex and a process thereof - Granted,2017